I wanted to like this game, as I have been supportive of it since the early stages of the game, believe it or not, this release feels less fun to play and less polished than it was a year or so ago. I normally never write reviews like this with little to no gameplay, but I had an unpleasant experience with a game I would think had potential for far more considering how much fun I had with the very first versions of it.
First to speak about what I found good, the game looks neat and has a nice aesthetic to it, I like the combination between chinese backgrounds/ambience and sci-fi influences. I am not fluent in the og language, however, the voice acting and sound effects are great.
The ideas look great on pen and paper, you have guns, different ammo/shooting types, awesome katana action, deflects and counters, headshots and violent dismemberment, all recipes for fun in this kind of game.

But unfortunately, controls are janky and feel unresponsive, the game struggles a lot with an identity crisis trying to understand if it wants to be a hybrid of FPS combat like Shadow Warrior or a simple fps shooter like Far Cry and none of it feels polished. Shooting is sub-par at best, and melee combat feels very unresponsive thanks to lack of polish and execution, prompts half times didn't work for me and even simple actions as picking up ammo felt taxing. Stealth sections in this kind of game? Cutting the pace off only for me. So you go in guns and action blazing to showoff what should be the best feature of your game and right in the second level you cut that adrenaline off with an attempt at making the gameplay loop feel less jarring, too early and executed very poorly as the section felt like a drag and outdated, making me quit a few minutes into it not by difficulty but by feeling so out of place.

I'll give it a shot sometime again, but right now, I wouldn't really recommend it. There's far better games out there in the same style.

I wanted to like this game, as I have been supportive of it since the early stages of the game, believe it or not, this release feels less fun to play and less polished than it was a year or so ago. I normally never write reviews like this with little to no gameplay, but I had an unpleasant experience with a game I would think had potential for far more considering how much fun I had with the very first versions of it. First to speak about what I found good, the game looks neat and has a nice aesthetic to it, I like the combination between chinese backgrounds/ambience and sci-fi influences. I am not fluent in the og language, however, the voice acting and sound effects are great. The ideas look great on pen and paper, you have guns, different ammo/shooting types, awesome katana action, deflects and counters, headshots and violent dismemberment, all recipes for fun in this kind of game. But unfortunately, controls are janky and feel unresponsive, the game struggles a lot with an identity crisis trying to understand if it wants to be a hybrid of FPS combat like Shadow Warrior or a simple fps shooter like Far Cry and none of it feels polished. Shooting is sub-par at best, and melee combat feels very unresponsive thanks to lack of polish and execution, prompts half times didn't work for me and even simple actions as picking up ammo felt taxing. Stealth sections in this kind of game? Cutting the pace off only for me. So you go in guns and action blazing to showoff what should be the best feature of your game and right in the second level you cut that adrenaline off with an attempt at making the gameplay loop feel less jarring, too early and executed very poorly as the section felt like a drag and outdated, making me quit a few minutes into it not by difficulty but by feeling so out of place. I'll give it a shot sometime again, but right now, I wouldn't really recommend it. There's far better games out there in the same style.